Organisations continuously face numerous cyber threats in today’s digital landscape and while many prioritise cybersecurity to safeguard digital assets, their strategies for cyber resilience often become neglected.
By Graham Brown, country manager at Commvault SA/SADC
Yet, understanding the distinction between the two and how they complement each other as integrated components is key to developing a comprehensive and robust cyber risk management strategy. It is important to understand that while cyber resilience and cybersecurity are to a degree related, they are also distinct concepts.
Cybersecurity relates to the operational side of an IT environment and focuses on protecting systems, networks and data from unauthorised access and unauthorised use. It also emphasises the prevention and detection of cyber threats to minimise the risk of cyberattacks or breaches before they occur.
Cyber resilience, on the other hand, speaks to the ability of an organisation to withstand or respond to a cyberattack or breach and is therefore focused on the preparation, the response and the subsequent learnings from a cyber incident.
Cyber resilience builds on cybersecurity by ensuring an…
